Synonym: bet, gamble, peg, post, risk, wager. Similar words: by mistake, take, take out, take up, take on, take off, take for, take to. Meaning: [steɪk] 
n. 1. (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something 2. a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track) 3. instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning 4. the money risked on a gamble. v. 1. put at risk 2. place a bet on 3. mark with a stake 4. tie or fasten to a stake 5. kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole.
n. 1. (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something 2. a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track) 3. instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning 4. the money risked on a gamble. v. 1. put at risk 2. place a bet on 3. mark with a stake 4. tie or fasten to a stake 5. kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole. 
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121) Refusing to recant his doctrines as heretical, he was condemned to be burnt at the stake at Konstanz.
122) Between the two of them there was a fundamental issue at stake.
123) In Iowa, where the antiabortion movement dominates Republican politics, Buchanan moved to stake out the strongest position on the subject.
124) Hanson, the industrial holding company, announced it had sold almost half its stake in packaging-to-adhesives group Wassall.
125) A part disposal is occurring here - the effect is to increase the stake of the minority shareholders from 20% to 45%.
126) The issue at stake is the relationship between literature and ideology.
127) A punishment stake had been embedded in the turf opposite the west door of the church.
128) In the other three novels frothy dialogue and sparkling wit tend to overshadow the deeper philosophical issues at stake.
129) At stake was a fundamental challenge to the soccer bodies' authority to administer the sport without intervention from civil courts.
130) But why, policyholders may well ask,[sentencedict.com] should they give up a 40 percent stake in the business?
131) The argument is over a 3.4% stake that it has been forced to disclose in Jardine Matheson Holdings itself.
132) By the time the conferences actually began in December, it had realised that real interests were at stake.
133) As a result, Arnold had a stake in the deals he was negotiating on behalf of the district.
134) It was hoped that sale of the stake would benefit the consortium.
135) Canterbury punters waited six months before hearing just their stake money would be returned on a ￡60,000 coup.
136) Oxford blew their chance to stake a claim in the promotion race.
137) Greene King failed in its attempt to take over Morland; it now owns a 29.32% stake in the Thames Valley brewer.
138) Too much is at stake to play politics with the policing of Northern Ireland at this late stage.
139) Do people who buy privatization stock see themselves as establishing a stake in the economy?
140) The disposal of a minority stake would raise about ￡17 million.
141) A strategic alliance may take the form of an outright acquisition, minority stake, joint venture or brand franchise.
142) Millions of voters have acquired a stake in the wider ownership of shares and homes and a voice in union affairs.
143) Mainland interests had a 50 percent stake in building the new airport.
144) Disney reportedly has been in talks to acquire a one-third stake in Starwave Corp. for as much as $ 100 million.
145) In the bankruptcy filing, Capital Cities is named as the lead investor, with a 20. 4 percent stake.
146) Assuming that shares are purchased, whether to acquire full control, majority holding or a minority stake?
147) Terms of the acquisition of the product line and equity stake were not revealed.
148) You buy a trust's shares, which give you a stake in its investment portfolio.
149) Westinghouse will take a 48 percent stake in the joint venture and invest $ 2. 5 million.
150) Its main partner is Scandinavian Broadcasting Systems, a media firm in which Disney has a 23 percent stake.
More similar words: by mistake, take, take out, take up, take on, take off, take for, take to, take care, take away, take down, take time, take over, take place, take after, take apart, take note of, take turns, undertake, take the road, take care of, take charge, take it easy, take the lead, take effect, take part in, take action, take pride in, take notice of, take a chance.